David Hamilton is a dynamic and engaging conductor at home leading orchestras and choirs and collaborating with artists on the stage and in the recording studio. His arrangements and compositions can be heard on recordings worldwide spanning classical, country, pop, gospel, and sacred music genres.
As a conductor of popular music drawing from his skills as a premiere arranger and orchestrator, a veteran pianist and recording session keyboard player, a touring band leader and years leading amateur and professional vocalists, he brings to the podium a unique ability to speak the musical languages of musicians from different backgrounds. He often finds himself conducting music featuring his own score conducted and produced on the original recording session, and his playing on the studio rhythm track.
Touring with artists such as Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith, leading Dolly Parton's “Threads, My Songs in Symphony” which he arranged and orchestrated and appearing with Lang Lang, CeCe Winans, Vince Gill and many others, it has been Mr Hamilton’s privilege to conduct holiday and popular concerts with many of the leading American and Canadian orchestras. These include among others, the Dallas, St. Louis, Denver, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Vancouver, Edmonton, Virginia, Kansas City, and Detroit orchestras. David has guest conducted his hometown, Nashville Symphony numerous times . He has also conducted the National Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops and has appeared multiple times at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He also conducts recording orchestras at renowned studios such as Oceanway and RCA in Nashville, Capitol and Warner Brothers in Los Angeles and Abbey Road and AIR Studios in London.
US and CANADIAN ORCHESTRAS
The National Symphony, The Cincinnati Pops, The Nashville Symphony, The Dallas Symphony, The Atlanta Symphony, The St. Louis Symphony, The Indianapolis Symphony, The Denver Symphony, The Phoenix Symphony, The Memphis Symphony,The Kansas City Symphony, The Edmonton Symphony, The Vancouver Symphony, The Calgary Symphony, The Detroit Symphony
RECORDING ORCHESTRAS
The Nashville Recording Orchestra, The Nashville Scoring Orchestra, Los Angeles Film Musicians,
The London Session Orchestra, The City of Prague Philharmonic, The Irish Film Orchestra
